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Stroke Therapy

Physical therapy and occupational therapy fulfill distinct roles

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 13th, 2006

Physical therapy and occupational therapy fulfill distinct roles.

According to recent research published in the journal Stroke, "Physiotherapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) are key components of stroke rehabilitation. Little is known about their content. This study aimed to define and compare the content of PT and OT for stroke patients between four European rehabilitation centers."

"In each center, 15 individual PT and 15 OT sessions of patients fitting predetermined criteria were videotaped," said Liesbet De Wit at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and collaborators in Belgium, Germany, England, and Switzerland. "The content was...

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